Blue Prism Cloud vs Tungsten RPA comparison

SS&C Blue Prism and Tungsten Automation are both solutions in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category. SS&C Blue Prism is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.5, while Tungsten Automation is ranked #13 with an average rating of 7.6. SS&C Blue Prism holds a 1.4% mindshare in RPA, compared to Tungsten Automation’s 1.5% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of SS&C Blue Prism users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 83% of Tungsten Automation users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 4, 2024

Tungsten RPA and Blue Prism Cloud are both competitive RPA tools. Blue Prism Cloud seems to have the upper hand due to its enhanced security and flexibility in deployment options.

Features: Tungsten RPA offers robust integration capabilities, web browser automation, and modular elements on a unified platform. Blue Prism Cloud is known for its stability, ease of use, and comprehensive templates, with features like low-code development, AI capabilities, and strong security protocols.

Room for Improvement: Tungsten RPA could improve AI integration, desktop automation, and technical support. Blue Prism Cloud may benefit from more flexible licensing, expanded AI models, and better integration with cloud services. Both tools need clearer documentation and more user-friendly interfaces.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tungsten RPA primarily offers on-premises deployment with promising but sometimes delayed technical support. Blue Prism Cloud provides public, private, and hybrid cloud deployment, known for solid support, though urgent response times could improve.

Pricing and ROI: Tungsten RPA generally features upfront licensing costs, making it competitive for large tasks with notable ROI. Blue Prism Cloud, priced higher for extensive functionalities, offers complex pricing models affecting smaller businesses' ease of adoption.

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Automate

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, the mindshare of Automate is 1.5%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Blue Prism Cloud is 1.4%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tungsten RPA is 1.5%, down from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Featured Reviews

Anabel Marco

Account Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Automates processes efficiently with cost-effective scaling and robust customer support

Web scraping is quite good since it offers a lot of possibilities. Another important feature for me is its compatibility with MBI, the Power that is ISEQUADO Centers. I appreciate the ability to scale and increase the number of bots or studios without additional expense. Automate's non-reliance on additional orchestrators makes it quite cost-effective.

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Keith Mcdowell

Chief Executive Officer at Keith F Kube and Associates

It helps us save on staff costs

I rate Blue Prism Cloud eight out of 10 for ease of setup. It's a cloud-based solution, so it isn't hard to set up. The deployment time is hard to quantify because I work for the government, and we need to go through all these internal reviews, but the technical part takes three to four weeks. The biggest challenge is security because we need to integrate it with Active Directory and set up VPN tunnels, security profiles, etc. We deployed Blue Prism in-house and used three people to set it up. One solution engineer is enough to maintain it.

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Jamil Milhem

Project Manager-Senior RPA Specialist at DEWA

Automates browsing tasks without needing a server connection

I have worked with Microsoft Power Platform and UiPath. Kofax RPA offers a comprehensive solution with built-in capabilities for executing tasks like running Excel files and web automation without additional servers. They provide their browsers and extensions. For functions such as OCR, image processing, and data extraction, Kofax has built-in features powered by their engine, eliminating the need for subscriptions to external technologies like Microsoft Cognitive Services or Google Search. One of Kofax RPA's strongest features is its on-premise solution, which is particularly beneficial for organizations operating in regions with data regulations, such as the UAE.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The best feature of Automate is its ease of use, which is a major selling point."

"I find it very user-friendly. Our IT department and other departments can seamlessly collaborate without requiring extensive training. As a business department, we particularly value this aspect, as our team doesn't consist of many IT users. However, we couldn't solely rely on a drag-and-drop approach to implement and utilize the solution within our departments."

"This tool has machine learning and voice recognition and computer vision, which are both quite useful aspects. These aren't available in other tools. It's a good addition to this tool and it gives the solution an edge on the market."

"I find the ease of use from a programming perspective very valuable."

"The licensing of the product is very good. You only need to license it once and then you have it forever."

"The most valuable features of Fortra's Automate include its FTP functionality and file manipulation capabilities."

"It gives us a central place to schedule tasks and run them distributed."

"The most valuable feature is the drag-and-drop interface, which is very Windows-like."

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"One of the most valuable features is automating manual and repetitive business processes, streamlining operations and reducing manual labour."

"The reusability of the solution is excellent. It's a superior feature - far superior to any other tool on the market."

"I would say that the stability of Blue Prism is superior to any of the competing products because of the maintainability of the features and the openness of the tool."

"The corporate leverage is better with Blue Prism. They just present better in a large corporation. It's easier to sell suits and ties than it is sneakers and jeans in financial institutions. That's not really about the application per se; it's the perception."

"Blue Prism Cloud is an easy to access and user-friendly solution."

"This solution comes with a lot of good features."

"Its AI features allow customers to find specific documents via an index."

"The most valuable feature is the speed at which we are able to implement solutions that can interact through the user interface in the same way that a human being would."

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"The most valuable feature of Kofax RPA is the simplicity of automating tasks."

"You can automate browsing tasks without needing a server connection. The platform provides its browser, allowing you to run anything inside it."

"This is a stable platform and we did not encounter any big problems."

"It is stable and scalable."

"Kofax RPA's best feature is its high success percentage in picking up information from documents, especially where the DPI is really low."

"The features that we have found the most valuable are the integration of different third-party support and productivity services."

"The OCR was quite stable and flexible."

"The tool's most valuable feature is web browser automation, which makes it easy to interact with any website. We can assemble a robot in a few hours with web automation, depending on its complexity."

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Cons

"The interface could be more user-friendly and easier to navigate."

"The intelligent automation feature could be improved. It's interesting because it's simple, but the automation quality isn't always good. It's easy to use, but sometimes you need to make a slight improvement to the automation, and that's not so easy."

"We really need a free development environment for customers. Building and testing automation on production isn't ideal."

"They do not encrypt passwords, so this is an issue with HIPAA compliance."

"Fortra's Automate is not as reliable as I would like it to be."

"I find that most important features are strong, however, there is a lack of good development for artificial intelligence, such as machine learning."

"The technical support could be better. We suffer from language barriers, as we are in Argentina."

"The documentation for errors needs improvement as many of the error messages we receive are very vague."

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"Selecting the right business processes that are stable enough to automate can be challenging."

"The version control could be improved and made consistent. There is a discrepancy between the versions on premise and the cloud versions."

"The product’s licensing cost is expensive compared to other tools in the market."

"There is room for improvement in the speed."

"Blue Prism Cloud needs to improve its AI capabilities."

"The vendor does not make their pricing clear when you are searching for it, which is something that needs to be improved."

"If Blue Prism could integrate into Azure SQL because it's essentially an on-prem code, on infrastructure as a service. So, Blue Prism has moved the infrastructure into the cloud, but they haven't necessarily moved the application into cloud-native."

"I think that there are some improvements in the product performance that are needed in Blue Prism Cloud...The initial setup of the product needs a lot of time and effort."

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"Kofax RPA's UI could be more user-friendly."

"The process discovery could be a bit better."

"It needs a free training portal for anybody on the internet to use so that they can get an idea of what the possibilities are."

"This product has room for improvement in support of aviation. The interface could be improved in the next release."

"Its documentation is not widely available on the web. They should work on the availability of its documentation. In Automation Anywhere, there is a feature called Discovery Bot that automatically records the process steps and suggests a possible bot. I am not sure if such a feature is available in Kofax. If it is not available, it will be very good to have this feature. "

"The interface could be better from a usability standpoint."

"RPA technology is constantly changing, and sometimes Kofax lags behind."

"The product should improve desktop automation, which is hard to configure. It needs to have custom connectors. It is the only advantage that Microsoft Power Platform has over Kofax RPA. It has more than 800 custom connectors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"While solutions like UiPath and Blue Prism cost around $11,000-$12,000 for each license, this product costs around $7,000 and you can keep it forever."

"I like the way this solution is priced because you can buy a license, or you can buy the software outright."

"It comes with a package that costs approximately $20,000 USD per year."

"I'm only involved in running the product and maintaining the systems, so I can't speak to the cost."

"The pricing is quite reasonable. We can run the process with one bot. The limitation is at the server level because they have some resources, and sometimes that is enough. It isn't too expensive, so you can get a good return off of one, and you can also have a pack of five bots that is quite competitive."

"Once you buy the software, you just pay for the support for backend help."

"I believe the price falls within a reasonable range, which significantly influenced our decision regarding the product. This aspect is crucial for any technological solution, especially in our country where enterprises might be hesitant to invest heavily in something untested or uncertain about its practicality and potential returns."

"From a distributor's perspective, one of the biggest selling points of Automate is its price point."

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"We pay about $15,000 per quarter in licensing costs. We don't have to pay for any other extra costs. There isn't, for example, an extra cost for technical support. We just pay the licensing."

"The licensing of the solution is on a subscription-based model and costs around 4,999 for one bot's license. If someone wants to increase the number of bots you want from Blue Prism, then they provide a discount."

"Annual licensing costs were somewhere between $5,000 - $10,000 for the development tool. For the control tower, I think fees were about $50,000 annually."

"We found the pricing reasonable, and it aligned with our budgetary requirements."

"The price is very competitive when you are comparing to other providers."

"The pricing for Blue Prism Cloud is two out of ten because it's higher than every other technology. My company is on a three-year Blue Prism Cloud license."

"The default configuration does not include large-scale log injection, but if you require, such integration, it may incur additional costs per gigabyte. I don't have the exact pricing information for log injection, but it is possible that it varies depending on the volume of data. While there may be a basic service included, additional features might come at an extra cost. When working with cloud environments like VMs, calculating costs involves considering factors such as usage duration, network traffic, inbound and outbound data transfer, as well as network access control. The pricing structure for cloud coverage solutions follows a similar pattern, although specific pricing details would need to be obtained separately."

"Blue Prism Cloud’s pricing is fine for commercial usage."

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"Kofax's prices are pretty reasonable."

"Kofax RPA's licensing costs are yearly and expensive."

"Kofax RPA is moderately priced but expensive in comparison to UiPath and Power Automate."

"There is a standard license needed to use Kofax RPA and the price is reasonable."

"The normal price for an on-premises license is €50,000. That's the price for one robot license. You can have more than one robot license but only one can be run at any one time. I believe the cost of adding a second robot is around €14,000."

"I give the price of the solution a six out of ten."

"The solution’s license is not expensive."

"The cost depends on the number of licenses and the number of RPAs."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

17%

Computer Software Company

17%

Educational Organization

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HelpSystems AutoMate?

We use it for specific cases, mainly secure file transfers, which are vital for us. And it works for us.

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What is your primary use case for HelpSystems AutoMate?

I am a consultant and I am making a lot of processes in human resources, payroll, certifications, trainings, web scra...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra Automate?

The pricing is quite good compared to its competitors. Competitors are often more expensive than Automate. I would ra...

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What do you like most about Blue Prism Cloud?

It's easy to use, the interface, the the the the queries is which we use. It's user friendly.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Blue Prism Cloud?

If we utilize Blue Prism's full capabilities, then it is cost-effective. Otherwise, the pricing can seem high. It req...

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What needs improvement with Blue Prism Cloud?

Decipher, one of their solutions, is a waste of time. Other than that, there's nothing specific I can think of.

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What do you like most about Kofax RPA?

You can automate browsing tasks without needing a server connection. The platform provides its browser, allowing you ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kofax RPA?

The pricing models across the market initially differed significantly, as most RPA implementations were licensed on a...

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What needs improvement with Kofax RPA?

Automation of complex processes involving stable legacy systems could be a major plus. The biggest issue lies in the ...

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Comparisons

Microsoft Power Automate vs Automate

Compared 42% of the time

UiPath vs Automate

Compared 38% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs Automate

Compared 8% of the time

VisualCron vs Automate

Compared 6% of the time

Blue Prism vs Automate

Compared 6% of the time

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UiPath vs Blue Prism Cloud

Compared 19% of the time

Blue Prism vs Blue Prism Cloud

Compared 16% of the time

SAP Intelligent RPA vs Blue Prism Cloud

Compared 15% of the time

Microsoft Power Automate vs Blue Prism Cloud

Compared 15% of the time

Robocorp vs Blue Prism Cloud

Compared 13% of the time

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UiPath vs Tungsten RPA

Compared 35% of the time

Microsoft Power Automate vs Tungsten RPA

Compared 12% of the time

Tungsten TotalAgility vs Tungsten RPA

Compared 10% of the time

Automation Anywhere vs Tungsten RPA

Compared 9% of the time

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Compared 9% of the time

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Also Known As

HelpSystems Automate, Automate

Blue Prism Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce, Blue Prism Virtual Workforce, Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce

Kofax RPA, Kofax Kapow, Kapow

Overview

Automate offers a user-friendly solution with a drag-and-drop interface for efficient task automation and integration with major platforms like SAP and Azure, making it ideal for quick deployment with minimal coding and training.

Automate provides powerful features for businesses seeking efficient automation, offering compatibility with databases, email integration, and cloud platforms. Its simple interface supports both beginners and experienced users, simplifying tasks like invoice processing, HR automation, and data transformation. Cost-effective pricing and flexible licensing enhance its appeal while integration capabilities and scheduling tools ensure smooth workflow automation.

What are Automate's Key Features?

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Simplifies automation with intuitive design.
Integration Capabilities: Connects with platforms like SAP and Azure for seamless data flow.
Database and FTP Triggers: Enhances automation potential through direct data interaction.
Efficient Scheduling: Automates tasks with precise timing and control.
Web Scraping: Automates data extraction for quick analysis and reporting.

What Benefits and ROI Should Users Expect?

Rapid Deployment: Minimizes coding efforts for quick implementation.
Cost-Effectiveness: Offers flexible pricing models to suit budget constraints.
Operational Efficiency: Reduces manual workloads and enhances productivity.
Comprehensive Integration: Facilitates improved data management across systems.
Scalability: Adapts to growing business needs with ease.

In industries such as healthcare, banking, and logistics, Automate is used for tasks like invoice payment automation, data transformation, and task automation. This leads to streamlined processes and reduced manual workload, illustrating its value in enhancing operational efficiency through diversified workflows.

Fortra

The Thoughtonomy Virtual Workforce is a highly flexible intelligent automation platform. It uses software to replicate the way people work in existing applications and systems, the processes they follow, and the decisions they make, to deliver automation without disruption.

SS&C Blue Prism

Tungsten RPA offers an efficient solution for streamlining business processes through Robotic Process Automation (RPA), which utilizes software "bots" to automate tasks like data entry and form filling. With Tungsten RPA, organizations can enjoy increased efficiency as repetitive tasks are automated, freeing up human resources for more strategic work. Moreover, the software ensures improved accuracy by performing tasks consistently and error-free, leading to reduced costs and enhanced compliance with regulations. Key features include a low-code design environment for easy workflow creation, intelligent document processing for handling unstructured data, automated process discovery, and flexible deployment options suitable for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. Tungsten RPA presents a comprehensive solution for optimizing operational efficiency and driving business success through automation.

Tungsten Automation

Sample Customers

Aldergrove Financial Group, Preferred Health Professionals, Mindbeam Technologies, First Credit Union in British Columbia, Vestcom International, Prime Liberty Benefits, University of Tampa, CNLBancshares, World Precision Instruments, BJ's Restaurants, Globe Pequot Press, Accudata Technologies, Norton Healthcare, Pacific Toxicology Laboratories

Cabot Credit Management, Hovis, Utilita

Aetna, BNP Paribas, Citi, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, Aviva, Humana, Willis, Merck, University Hospitals, CardinalHealth, American Red Cross, Alegri, Capita

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